Inkstand



(No Model.)

B. M. BADGER.

INKSTAND.

N0. 562,754. Patented June 23, 1896 F15 1 Fzi 2 WITNESSES: J 6. W426 A TTO/M'EYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLLO H. BADGER, OF SAYRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

" INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,754, dated June 23, 1896.

Application filed August 23, 1895, Serial No. 560,783. (No model.)

To ctZL whom it mag concern."

Be it known that I, ROLLO M. BADGER, of Sayre, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Inkstand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in inkstands, and particularly in that class of such devices commonly known as pneumatic inkstands, wherein the ink is supplied from the ink-reservoir to the well or cup proportionately as it is used from such cup or well, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of a simple and inexpensive construction, which shall be adapted to be conveniently adjusted to regulate the supply of ink from the reservoir to the well.

The invention consists in an inkstand composed of two parts, the upper part being hollow and forming a reservior for the ink, and the lower part being adapted to rest on a supportingsurface and forming a stopper for the neck of the said reservoir, said lower part be ing provided with an ink-well, the upper part being held in an inverted position on the lower part or cup, said sections being provided with passages formed in them and communicating between the ink-well and the reservoir, and controlled by the movement of one part relatively to the other.

The invention also contemplates certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts of the device, whereby certain important advantages are attain ed and the device is made simpler, cheaper, an d otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use than various other inkstands heretofore employed, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section taken axially through an inkstand constructed according to my invention, showing the same turned so as to supply ink from the reservoir to the inkwcll; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts in the opposite positions. Fig. 3 is a section taken longitudinally through the device as shown in Fig. 1, being substantially in the plane indicated by the line a; in said figure. Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view taken substantially in the plane indicated by the line y y in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing a modified construction of the device,to be referred to hereinafter.

In the views, 1 indicates the base portion of the inkstand, usually of a flattened form, which may be composed of any suitable material, being of a general circular shape and provided at its forward side with a projecting portion in the upper side of which is formed an ink well or chamber 2.

The circular body of the base 1 is also provided in its upper face with an annular concentric groove 3, communicating at its for ward part with the ink well or chamber 2, as seen at 4 in Figs. 3 and 4. The said groove 3 forms within the body 1 a plug or stopper 3, adapted to fit the circular neck 5 of the reservoir 6,formed with an expanded upper portion having a flattened and serrated top 7, adapted for use as a pen rest or holder and provided with an interior hollow 8 to hold the ink.

The neck 5 of the ink-reservoir 6 is provided with a series of openings 9, 10, and 11, formed through it at different distances above its edge, as shown in the several views, and when said neck 5 is engaged in the groove 3, and turned, said openings 9, 10, and 11 are adapted to successively coincide with a passage 12, formed vertically along the front part of the plug 3, as seen in Fig. 2, inside the groove 3, and normally held out of communication with the ink well or chamber 2 by the imperforate portion of the neck 5.

lVhen the neck 5 is turned so that either of the openings 0, 10, or 11 coincides with said passage 12, the ink will flow from the reservoir down said passage and escape through the respective opening 9, 10, 01-11 into the chamber 2 until the level of the ink in said chamber rises high enough to close the opening. The said openings 9, 10, and 11 being at different distances above the edge of the neck 5, it is evident that the level of the ink in the ink well or chamber 2 may be nicely controlled by turnin g the neck 5.

The device constructed as above set forth is extremely simple and inexpensive, and is well adapted for use as an inkstand, since when not required for use, the ink may be completely placed out of communication with the air, so as not to become thick and dirty. It is moreover easy to fill and clean, and being provided with a grooved and flattened upper part is adapted for use as a pen-rack.

It is also obvious that considerable modification may be made in the form of the de- Vice as herein set forth, without material de parture from the principles and spirit of my invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form of the device herein shown. For example, instead of providing the neck 5 with openings 9, 10, and 11, said neck may, asshown in Fig. 5, be provided with vertical slots 13, 14, and 15, extending different distances from its lower edge.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An inkstand, composed of two parts, the upper part being hollow and forming a reservoir for the ink, and the lower part being adapted to rest on a supporting-surface and forming a stopper for said reservoir said lower part being provided with an ink-well, the upper part being held in an inverted position on the lower part said parts being provided with passages formed in them and coinmunicatin g between the ink-well and the reservoir, one of said parts being movable rela tively to the other part to control the flow of ink through said passages, substantially as set forth.

2. An inkstand, composed of two parts, one of which is hollow and forms a reservoir for the ink, and the other of which forms a stopper for said reservoir and is provided with an ink-well, one of said parts being movable relatively to the other part, one part bein g provided with a series of passages formed in it at different levels, and the other part bein gprovided with apassage arranged to register with the respective passages of the other part when one part is moved, whereby when one part is moved the level of the ink in the ink-well is regulated, substantially as set forth.

An inkstand comprising a base portion having a circular plug formed on its upper face, and provided adjacent to said plug with an ink-well, said plug being provided with an ink-passage extending from its top to a point on its side adjacent to said ink-well, and a reservoir having aneck to fit the plug and provided with an opening to register with the end of said ink-passage when the neck is turned, substantially asset forth.

4:. An inkstand comprising a base portion having a circular plug formed in its upper face and provided adjacent to said plug with an ink-well, said plugbein g provided with an ink-passage extending from its top to a point on its side adjacent to said ink-well, and a reservoir having a neck to fit the plug and provided with openings arranged at different distances from its lower edge and adapted to register with the end of said ink passage when turned, substantially as set forth.

5. An inkstand comprising a base portion having a circular plug formed in its upper face and provided adjacent to said plug with an ink-well, said plug having on its side adjacent to the ink-well a groove extending longitudinally down it from its upper edge, and a reservoir havinganeck to fit said plug and provided with an opening to register with said groove in the plug when the neck is turned, substantially as set forth.

(3. An inkstand comprising a base portion having a circular groove formed in its upper side and forming within said base a circular plug, said base portion being also provided in its upper face with an ink-well communicating with said groove, said plug having an ink-passage formed in it and extending from its upper part to i a point adjacent to said ink-well, and a reservoir having a neck to lit said plug and provided with an opening to register with the lower end of the ink-passage when the neck is turned, substantially as set forth.

7. An inkstand comprising a base portion having a circular plug formed on its upper side and provided with an ink-well, said plug having an ink-passage extending from its upper part to a point adjacent to said ink-well, a reservoir having a neck to fit said plug, and means, operated by the turning of said neck, to regulate the supply of ink from said reservoir to the ink-well, substantially as set forth.

8. An inkstand comprising a base portion having a circular plug formed on its upper side and provided with an ink-well, said plug having an ink-passage extending from its upper part to a point adjacent to said ink-well, a reservoir having a neck to fit said plug and having a flattened upper end, and means, operated by the turning of said neck, to control the supply of ink from the reservoir to said ink-well, substantially as set forth.

ROLLO M. BADGER. lVitnesses:

F. J. KRoM, S. \V. BADGER. 

